Trunk



(No Model.)

- S. HER'MANN.

TRUNK.

I Patented Mar. 2, 1886.

UNITED STATES Erica.

PATENT TRUNK.

' $PEGIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,328, dated March2. 1886.

Application filed J uly 20, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HERMANN, a citizen of the United States. anda resident of Cincinnati,in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to trunks, and particularly to that kind of trunksin which the outer casing or box incloses a revolving cylinder dividedinto compartments for the various articles which it is intended tocontain. its object is to provide a ready means of access to any of thevarious compartments without disarranging the contents of the othercompartments.

\Vith this object in view my invention consists of the outer case orbox,which is preferably a trunk of ordinary construction, and a cylindermounted to revolve within the trunk, so as to bringthe openings of thedifferent compartments to the top, the cylinder being locked in place inany desired position whether the trunk is open or closed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich like parts are indicated by similar reference-letters throughoutthe various views, Figure l is a perspective view of an open trunkprovided with my improvements. Fig.2isatransverseverticalsection throughtheclosed trunk andin front ofone of the cylinder ends. Fig. 3 is atransverse vertical section taken centrally through the revolvingcylinder. Fig. 4is an enlarged elevation of a portion of one end of thetrunk looking from the inside. Fig. 5 is an elevation of another portionof the end, illustrating my spring-fastening which looks the cylinder toprevent it from revolving. Fig. 6 is a central vertical transversesection of a modified forrnof my revolving cylinder.

The body of the trunk A is in general construction and form like thosein common use. To each end on the inside is secured a metal plate, B, asshown in Fig. 4. This plate has a vertical slot rounded at the lowerend, and diverging outward upon each side toward the top to receivetrunnions b,upon which the cylinder O revolves. The end of the trunk isslotted from the top down to the trunnion-bearing, as shown at b, topermit the trunnions of the cylinder to pass down to their bearings.

Serial No. 172,168. (No model.)

The trunnions 72 project from circular plates which are secured to theends of the central compartment, D. This central compartment is an openframe, to which are hinged upon diagonally opposite sides the segments Eand F, the bottoms e and f, when closed, forming the bottom and top ofthe tray D. The segment E is preferably divided into three compartments,and the opposite segment F left undivided. This I find to be the mostconvenient arrangement for trunks. intended for ordinary use; but forsample-trunks these compartments may be subdivided both longitudinallyand transversely to suit the convenience of the different tradesmen. Thecompartments E and F are provided with hinged covers 6' andf, as shownin dotted line, Fig. 3, and these covers, as well as the segments, areretained in the closed position, as clearly shown at 9, Fig. l.

The spring-fastening H is a strap of steel, which has an oblong openingpunched in it,and upon opposite sides of this opening the metal isstamped up to form inclines h. The straps are secured to the inside ofthe trunk ends with the inclines h, and the openings between them in thepath of the pins h, which project from the ends of the tray D. The upperend of-the strap projects above the body of the trunk, to furnish a holdby which it is thrown back to release it from the pins h, and thecylinder can be revolved to bring either segment-to the top or bottom ofthe trunk.

It will be seen that the tray D, which is in tended for the largerarticles of clothing, is accessible from either side, so that it willnot be necessary to remove all the articles to get at those in thebottom.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 there is no central tray, thecylinder being divided longitudinally by a partition, and the wholecylinder divided into five compartments. In

both of thesectional views, Figs. 3 and 6, the

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the outer ease or body and divided into compartments closed by hingedcovers, which form part of the outer shell of the said cylinder, withthe latch H 71 and pins h, to lock the said oylinderin the desiredposition.

2. The eombination, snbstantially as herein before set forth, of thetrunk-body oronter casing, A, with the inner revolving cylinder, saidcylinder having a central compartment consisting of the open frame D,and two seg ments, E and F, the bottoms e and f of said segmentsforming, alternately, the bottom and top of said compartment D, as thesegment E or F is brought on top by revolving the cylinder upon itstrnnnions, the said segments E and F being hinged to the frame D at itsdiagonally-opposite edges.

3. In a trunk of the character described, the combination, as specified,of the body A, provided upon the inner ends with the bearings B, andlatehesH, of the inner revolving cylinder having the trnnnions b andpins h, said cylinder being divided into compartments D, E, and F hingedtogether as shown, and for the purpose specified.

SAMUEL HERMANN.

Attest:

L. KAISER, A. DREYFOUS.

